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On our last edition of this Summer's Queer news updates on OUTCAST UK, we turn to Manchester Pride. Manchester Pride this year was without a doubt one of the most inclusive yet and saw entry prices seem to come down in price and some special access for lower income groups. This alongside a proudly diverse lineup headed by Danny Beard and Jodie Harsh. But it seems the scars of the bad PR of the last few years has left the organisation a little unsure of engaging with the media. Interview opportunities were notable scaled back for LGBTQ+ media. With the only notable broadcast interview of the...
NATHANIEL HALL is a queer icon. He's an actor, theatre-maker, writer, performer, director, producer and HIV activist from Manchester. He is artistic director of DIBBY THEATRE in Manchester - an LGBTQ+ working class theatre company.Recent credits include once in a generation TV drama It's A Sin in which he played love interest of Richie Tozer (played by Olly Alexander), the 20 something actor Donald Bassett. He had a hit Edinburgh festival solo show called First Time that received critical acclaim and he is Co-Creative Director of the Manchester Pride Candlelit Vigil.He talks to Graeme Smith...
One of the two men, stabbed outside a club in London, in a homophobic attack - says he couldn’t be prouder, to be gay.This comes as LGBTQ+ hate crimes are up massively in the UK in recent years.AND Graeme Smith caught up with LA based queer rapper Bobo Sango ahead of leaving for UK Black Pride this weekend. The "Thirst Trap" and "Stinky face" rapper talks about his majorly homoerotic videos for his music.---THIS IS OUTCAST WORLD ---Like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a review. This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if yo...
This weekend is UK Black Pride and this episode is celebrating the voices and perspectives of Queer people of colour from the OUTCAST UK archives.Graeme chats to DJ, music producer and radio presenter NICK CHARLES, LA based Queer rapper BOBO SANGO and DEI speaker in the tech startup world, STEVEN JOHN (who also happens to be Graeme's long term partner).There is no singular voice to represent queer people of colour, its obviously an incredible broad community of people. But we wanted to bring some of the voices of some of queer black friends and family to takeover OUTCAST UK for this special...
Bobo Sango is a queer rapper from Los Angeles and has been nicknamed the first male Niki Minaj. Bobo is an openly gay rapper with a genuine love for Hip-Hop. Capable of crossing into pop, Afro-beats and techno. He is a breath of fresh air to the genre.His first big performance was at LA Black Gay Pride in 2019 following the success of his first mixtape Assimilation Vol 1. With some highly sexual and homoerotic themes in his music videos they have reached hundreds of thousands of streams.Graeme Smith speaks to him about his music, being a queer rapper and the difference between US and US rac...
THIS SUMMER'S MORE UPBEAT LGBTQ+ STORIES AND A LOOK AT THE GARETH THOMAS CASE FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR
All this summer we have been bringing you the latest queer news and on this episode we're rounding up the positive LGBTQ+ stories of the summer so far.Also this week a look at the Gareth Thomas case as Graeme speaks to Jess and Sarah from The HIV podcast and the bosses of Thames Valley Positive support about the effect coverage has had on people who are HIV Positive.---THIS IS OUTCAST WORLD ---Like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a review. This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take tim...
In the Queer news...Alex Scott says, she’s still feeling the IMPACT - of her queer solidarity at the Qatar World Cup. (And not in a GOOD way.)Nearly half of young people in America reckon, misgendering someone on purpose - should be a criminal offence. Topher is manning the DM’s and is onhand with advice to all your queer sex and relationships quandries.. its a question about a three way relationship.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journa...
Graeme speak to Ghislain Pascal the publisher of the international queer fine art photography series BOYS BOYS BOYS about censorship by tech platforms and the difference between porn and art.---THIS IS OUTCAST WORLD ---Like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a review. This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take time to comment about it wherever you listen. //////// Check us on Insta, Youtube and TikTok @thisisoutcastworld ///// Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the queer news update this week:Graeme chats to Ghislain Pascal about his Boys Boys Boys queer photography series featuring all the nudes about the difference between porn and art.In the queer news this week:A sixth person may have been Cured of HIV.The Swiss man in his 50s is known as 'The Geneva Patient'.There’s a split between Labour and Scottish Labour - over letting trans people self-ID.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist a...
Newsman Kev is back with the update this week...- Russiw continues to be an absolute bin fire - when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights…The country’s lower house of parliament’s, passed a new law - BANNING gender reassignment surgery. It’s to “protect… citizens and… children…” And people who have transitioned, won’t be allowed to adopt. - Thousands of people have turned out for Pride in Budapest - with Protests against, Hungary’s anti-queer right wing government.A law there, supposedly protecting kids - from content portraying homosexuality or gender reassignment - is now being applied, more and mor...
We're talking London Fetish Week with Topher and he's helping out answer a DM from someone who's just moved to the capital.Newsman Kev is away so Graeme does what can only be described as news cosplay and jumps in for the queen of the queer news update.Also In this weeks update: - More on the fallout from the ruling by America’s Supreme Court meaning businesses can now legally deny their services to LGBTQ+ people. We find some surveys that show a glimmer of hope. - UK Black Pride announces its theme for 2023.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news upd...
Greg Owen has been called "one of the U.K.’s most vocal proponents of PrEP", describing himself as the "poster boy for PrEP in the UK". He is the PREP lead for Terrence Higgins Trust and talks frankly about the issues surrounding PREP, being HIV positive and issues surrounding chemsex.He now leads the response at THT into the Mpox outbreak and is able to lean into his learnings from getting the NHS to prescribe PREP making huge reductions in HIV transmission in the UK.Mpox is back this summer so what can you do to get protected? Greg has advice.You can check for Mpox vaccination near you on...
ITS YOUR WEEKLY DOSE OF QUEER NEWS FROM OUTCAST UK - KEEPING A KEEN EYE ON THE LATEST LGBTQ+ NEWS STORIES AND REPORTING ON RIGHT WING BATSH*TTERY FROM AROUND THE WORLD.In this weeks update: - Fears, a ruling by America’s Supreme Court means businesses can now legally deny their services to LGBTQ+ people. - The House of Lords has voted to ban the deportation of LGBTQ+ MIGRANTS to 10 mainly African countries.- The new BARBIE film’s had a curse put on it - by an anti-queer, right wing Christian preacher, in America. Kent Christmas (his actual real name) is most displeased with the films plot, ...
Sophie Anderson was one part of the legendary LGBTQ+ extreme porn meme duo the cockdestroyers. Life after the destroyers split has been difficult for Sophie who continues to make extreme porn but has lost a boob twice after cosmetic surgery and her and partner, the porn actor and former Crystal Palace footballer Damien Oliver, have also begun recovering from a drugs and chemsex problem that nearly killed Sophie and saw the pair arrested.They have decided to sell video content on a platform called "Sc*t book" and actually show host Graeme a clip of their latest work in a moment the likes of ...
- This week - we hear about attempts to bring about a law forcing out trans pupils at school from a UK far right party, how Kenya looks set to follow Uganda with extreme anti LGBTQ+ laws. - The actor Jack Holden chats to us exclusively about his Olivier nominated show set in the depths of the HIV/AIDS crisis in late 1980's Soho, London. Cruise that was a hit on the West End after lock down and after a critically acclaimed run, the show is heading to Manchester and a feature film of CRUISE is also currently in development. Jack tells us the story of the phone call he took as a volunteer at L...
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY ADULT THEMES AND LOTS OF SWEARING.Sophie Anderson is one half of the legendary C*ck Destroyers. She's still not in touch with Rebecca More the other half of the porn duo that went on to host Slag Wars and had legions of LGBTQ+ fans. But in this exclusive chat she makes clear that she would be open to a reconciliation and reforming at some point. Which begs the question, is a return on the cards?The two years since the peak of the adult meme duo's fame have not been easy for Sophie, now with fellow porn actor Damian Oliver. She lost a breast implant to infection tw...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.This week - Laurence Fox seems to struggle to set fire to pride flags in his own sordid Pride protest/meltdown in his back garden and we discuss how American conversation anti trans and anti drag ideas are making their way into British Conservative political dialogue. Listen to OUTCAST UK on Virgin Radio Pride UK - Ask...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.Sesame St is the latest US institution to be targeted by trolls for supporting pride month and after seeing Miriam Margolyes nude magazine front cover, we get to see what's in her handbag (spoiler alert... its a bit mad).Listen to OUTCAST UK on Virgin Radio Pride UK - Ask your smart speaker to play Virgin Radio Pride.O...
Dan Tiernan is a 26-year-old, gay, Mancunian with dyspraxia. He’s a high energy act with a gag heavy set all about his weird and chaotic life. He is the comedian of the year and also BBC new comedian of the year.Here he speaks to Graeme about being a standup comic, a dinner lady for a while, his new Edinburgh festival show this summer and ... being gay and dyspraxic.By Dan's admission he is gay but doesn't feel like he totally belongs in the gay community in the traditional sense and most of his mates are his life long friends who are all straight.Just before he set off to Edinburgh for the...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.The Metropolitan police is a mess, we discuss. Also this week we hear about the bed wetting trolls voting this and other LGBTQ+ podcasts down on podcast platforms - this is where we need your help. Listen to OUTCAST UK on Virgin Radio Pride UK - Ask your smart speaker to play Virgin Radio Pride.OUTCAST UK brings you th...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.Listen to OUTCAST UK on Virgin Radio Pride UK - Ask your smart speaker to play Virgin Radio Pride.OUTCAST UK brings you the weekly Queer news dissected in podcast form and now on the radio - Sundays from 9pm.---THIS IS OUTCAST WORLD ---Like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a review. This helps ...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.---THIS IS OUTCAST WORLD ---Like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a review. This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take time to comment about it wherever you listen. //////// Check us on Insta, Youtube and TikTok @thisis...
IF YOU'RE ENJOYING OUTCAST UK - RATE AND COMMENT ON THIS PODCAST WHEREVER YOU ARE LISTENING.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. This week we hear some of the worst bits of the National Conservative Conference ( the far right of the Tory party and their allies got together to comment on an array of cultural issues... obviously they had some utterly 19th centu...
The US based actor Aidan Moreno is in the Netflix series Heartland. After playing the character "Rick" since 2007, they decided to include an LGBTQ+ storyline on the show and was on the receiving end of a massive homophobic backlash from viewers to the show on US and Canadian network TV.Series 16 of the show dropped on Netflix this week and Aidan has been in the UK talking about the response of north american viewers to the queer storyline.He also appeared in UK media this week on Good Morning Britain and across the tabloid press after being reported as saying "straight actors should not pl...
IF YOU'RE ENJOYING OUTCAST UK - RATE AND COMMENT ON THIS PODCAST WHEREVER YOU ARE LISTENING.Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. This week we hear more details on anti LGBTQ+ politicians caught out in acts of hypocrisy. German plans to change their gender ID laws. And Kevin decides to interrogate Graeme about having a cleaner.---THIS I...
Reality TV and social media star Thomas Hartley is scouse through and through and has smashed it recently on hit reality show Married at first sight.He dropped into our studio at Eurovision 2023 to hang out with Graeme Smith and Paris Munro and talk Eurovision, Liverpool, their new drag alter ego Pam Sandwich and about beef with another older and less woke Liverpool LGBTQ+ social media star who is renowned for their strident anti woke stance.This chat is an absolute riot. This is scouse sass served with a main course of Eurovision and reality TV. Get ready for chaos.THIS IS OUTCAST UK---THI...
The UK is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in decades and the LGBTQ+ community are big fans.This week, Liverpool looks more queer than ever and is home to an array of musicians, broadcasters and gays, lots of gays. More than we even imagined would be here, its like Pride.We're Live from Liverpool with all the latest with Graeme Smith and Paris Munro who has been to the dress rehearsals for the main event and has all the inside goss. We've got all the reaction and build up before the main event.RECORDED THURSDAY 11TH MAY 2023 AT 8PM. 48 HOURS BEFORE THE LIVE FINAL.QUEER...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. On this episode we're talking about the return of Dannii Minogue in a new LGBTQ+ dating show, Dannii was always the spicier more interesting Minogue in Graeme's controversial opinion. We hear about how US law makers in Montana have banned a trans representative from the state legislature for standing up for trans rights, i...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. On this episode we're talking about the proposed amnesty for LGBTQ's in Uganda, Heartstopper is back later this summer so we find out a bit more about the new season, the Irish Eurovision entry have had to sack a senior team member for alleged transphobic tweets and we find out how Kevin's trip to Berlin went last week. We...
Nobody knew how to make the great and powerful with big egos get in line during a TV interview than Dame Edna. Her chat shows became the ones all the big ego celebs wanted to be on… only to be ridiculed and cut down to size be the Dame who in end could have passed for an elder member of the aristocracy.The Dame is one of the most ensuring cultural figures of the last few decades and was played by the Australian comic and actor Barry Humphries. Despite being the Dame being an LGBTQ+ icon to many, Humphries was famously anti woke and was labelled by some people as anti trans.So how did one of...